Environmental Impact Assessment of Construction and Demolition Waste Recycling in Shenzhen

Construction and demolition (C&D) waste recycling can bring significant environmental benefits. This paper analyzes the environmental costs and environmental benefits of inert C&D waste recycling using Life Cycle Assessment method. Taking a C&D waste recycling company in Shenzhen as example, the estimation reveals that recycling per ton of inert C&D waste can bring environmental net benefit of 5.14 yuan. The results provide a useful reference for the development of economic policies on C&D waste recycling.